Toy electric range



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

R-EMUS KOENIG, OF TWO RIVERS, WIQCGIISIN, ASSIGIQ'OR TO METAL HARE CORPGRA- TION, OF TVJO RIVERS, WISCONSIN.

TOY ELECTRIC RANGE.

Application filed October 30, 1926. Serial No. 145,228.

This invention relates to a toy electric range.

Objects of this invention are to provide a miniature electric range which is particularly adapted for use as a toy and which is constructed throughout of sheet metal in a rugged and substantial manner, and is provided with'well protected heating elements so that the device may be used to actually cook articles both u on a hot plate or grid and in an upper and lower oven.

Further objects are to provide a novel form oftoy electric range in which switches are avoided and instead the elements are controlled by connecting the plug to the range or removing it therefrom.

Further objects are to provide an electric range for use as a toy which readily lends itself to commercial manufacture and which may be employed without danger of burning or injuring the table or floor upon which it is placed.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front view of the range;

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the range comprises a back plate 1, and a heating grid or apertured plate 2, which is preferably provided with a turned over apron or finishing strip 3 integral with the plate, as shown in Figure 2. This plate 2 is bolted to an outwardly turned flange formed on the front plate 1 of the range, as shown in Figure 2, and its rear end is downturned and bolted to the back plate 1. A short, overhanging shelf 5 is carried by the back plate, as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

The heating element for the grid 2 consists of a spiral wire 6 which is looped back and forth over supports 7 bolted to an 1nsulating strip 8. This insulating strip carries terminals 10. The supporting insulating plate 8 is carried by a supporting member 9, as shown in Figure 2.

The ovens are provided with a front plate 11 (see Figure 1) which has an intermedlate portion turned inwardly to form a channel, as indicated at 11 and which has an upper portion 11 turned over and secured to the top plate 12 of the oven in any suitable manner, as by means of the ear and aperture shown in Figure 3. The upper and lower ovens are closed by means of doors 13 provided with handles 14. These doors carry int-urned spring loops 15 which frictionally engage the adjacent upper portion of the respective ovens and retain the doors in closed position. Suitable ornamental plates 16 are secured to the inner and outer sides of the doors, similar to the ornamental plate 17 secured to the center portion of the back plate 1, as may be seen from Figure 1. The doors are hingedly mounted at their lower ends, as indicated at 18 in Figure 3.

The ovens are separated from the outer shell by means of an inner shell 19. This inner shell extends around the ovens and is closed by a back plate 20, the back plate being supported from the shell 19 by inwardly turned flanges 21, as shown in Figure 3. Further, the plate 20 is provided with rearwardly struck tongues 22 which bear against the back wall 1 of the range. The shell 19 is supported by means of inturned lugs 23 and 24: formed on the front plate 11 of the ovens.

The ovens are separated from each other by means of a box-like member 25 formed of sheet metal and apertured on its upper and lower side. The overlapping rear ends of this box-like member, as indicated at 25', are bolted to the plate 20, as shown in Figure 3, and its forward end is received in the channel shaped member 11.

The heating element for the upper portion of the lower oven and the lower portion of the upper oven is indicated by the reference character 26 and is carried in suitably insulated members supported by a U-shaped metal member 27. Preferably, this heating element consists of a spiral looped into the form of a U and threaded through porcelain insulators 28.

The lower heating element is similar to the one just described. Its supporting plate or member 27 is preferably arranged at right angles to the member 27, as shown in Figure 3.

Each of the heating elements is connected in series and the ends are connected to the projecting prongs 29, such prongs being housed by an oval shaped casing 30, and extending downwardly from the underside of the stove.

The stove is provided with a plurality of legs 31 which have their upper portions, as indicated in Figure 3, secured by means of the screws or bolts 32.

The bottom of the stove is closed by the bottom" plate 33 which has an" upturned flange M, as may be seen from Figure 3, such upturned vflange being held in place by one of the bolts or screws 32 of each group for the corner legs.

In usin the device, it is merely necessary to shove the plug onto the prongs 29. This energizes all of the heaters and the stove is immediately ready for operation.

, It is to be noted that the arrangement of the parts is such that the child can not burn the material cooked on the stove as it is held out ofcontact with the heating elements.

Further, it is to be noted that the ovens are surrounded by hotair rising from the lower heating member.- The upper heating element is arranged intermediate the oven and, consequently, heats the upper oven from the bottom and the lower oven from the top in a manner similar to the usual range construction I will be seen that the stove is so made that it can be readily produced by ordinary manufacturing methods.

It will be seen t'urther that the major portion of the stove is formed of sheet metal. and, consequently, the stove can be very cheaply manufactured.

It will be seen further that the device is rugged and of simple construction and is serviceable and maybe used for actual cooking when it is employed as a toy range. Although the invention has been described. in considerable detail, such description is intended as illustrative rather than limiting as the invention may be variously embodied and as the scope of such invention is to be determined as claimed.

I claim: I

1. A toy electric range comprising a body portion having a pair of superimposed ovens provided with a front plate having openings therethrough, doors covering said openings, said front plate having inwardly turned flanges intermediate its ends, a box-like sheet metal member carried at one end between said flanges and having perforated upper and lower Walls, a back plate, means attaching said box-like member to said back plate, and a heating unit located within said boxlike'member' and consisting ofa U-shaped metalmember with its intern' ediate portion supported by one of the walls of said boxlike member, said U-shaped metal member having insulators in its ends, and a heating element carried by said insulators, said boxlike member forming the botton'i of theupper oven and the top of the lower oven.

2. A toy electric range comprisin a bod portion having a bottom plate and a bae plate and top plate, a shell positioned within'said body portion and having a top and a bottom spaced from the to and bottom of said body portion, said she l having-a back plate provided with flanges engagin the main portion of the shell and provided with tongues engaging the back plate of said body portion, and a heating element located intermediate the top and bottom of said shell, alieating element located below said shell, and a box-like protecting member surrounding the intermediate heating element.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Two Rivers, in'the county of Manitowoc and State of \Visconsin.

KOENIG. 

